Document Exchange Platform with User-Defined Validation Rules
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Solution Overview
Problem
The exchange of business documents among communication service providers is inefficient, requiring manual interpretation and processing of documents via fax, email, and postal mail, diverting valuable resources away from optimizing network operations.
Innovation Solution
A document exchange platform that allows users to define validation rules for content and format, utilizing an uploader, content validator, and delivery component to automate the exchange of documents between registered members, ensuring compliance with predefined business rules and formats.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If manual interpretation and processing of documents via fax, email, and postal mail is used, then document exchange can be performed with simple infrastructure, but productivity and resource allocation efficiency deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a document exchange platform as an intermediary system between carriers. This platform automatically validates documents against predefined rules, extracts data, and facilitates exchange without requiring manual intervention. The intermediary system resolves the contradiction by providing structured validation capabilities (improving productivity) while managing complexity through standardized interfaces and predefined protocols.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service document validation where the platform automatically checks documents against predefined validation rules without human intervention. The automated validation process, data extraction, and document formatting occur autonomously, improving productivity while the modular architecture manages system complexity through reusable validation components.
2Productivity
If automated document validation with predefined rules is implemented, then productivity improves, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The validation system is segmented into independent validation rules and modules. Each validation rule can be defined, configured, and executed independently, allowing the complex validation process to be broken down into manageable components. This segmentation improves productivity through automated rule-based validation while managing complexity by allowing modular configuration and maintenance of individual validation rules.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses configurable validation parameters that can be changed without modifying the core system architecture. Validation rules are defined through parameters such as required fields, data formats, and value ranges, which can be adjusted to accommodate different document types and carrier requirements. This parameter-based configuration improves processing speed through automated validation while managing complexity by separating validation logic from system configuration.
3Loss of time
If manual data extraction and entry is performed, then system complexity remains low, but loss of time and resources increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual mechanical processes (physical handling, reading, and data entry) with automated electronic systems. The document exchange platform automatically extracts data from scanned or digital documents, validates information against predefined rules, and enters data into carrier systems without human intervention. This substitution dramatically reduces time loss while the structured automation architecture manages complexity through standardized data extraction and validation mechanisms.
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AI summary
A document exchange based on user-definable validation rules provided by the exchanging parties. In one embodiment, an uploader uploads a document from a first computer, the upload being associated with a first member account registered with a network site. A user interface receives a delivery destination for the document from the first computer, the delivery destination being associated with a second member account registered with the network site. A content validator validates content of the document based on rules registered at the network site in connection with the second member account. An output adaptor determines a document delivery format registered at the network site in connection with the second member account. A delivery component delivers the document in the determined format to a second computer associated with the second member account.